The Asian Age

Priyanka’s new AICC office next to Rahul’s

- AGE CORRESPOND­ENT

Nearly two weeks after her formal induction into the Congress as a general secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit the ground running holding meetings with her brother and party chief Rahul Gandhi and her mother Sonia Gandhi.

Ms Vadra, who got a brand new office at the AICC headquarte­rs here, also interviewe­d some people for NSUI officebear­er posts. Incidental­ly, Ms Vadra will occupy the same office as Mr Gandhi when he was a general secretary, which is next to the party president’s office, and used to report to his mother Sonia Gandhi.

Nearly two weeks after her formal induction into the Congress as a general secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit the ground running holding meetings with her brother and party president Rahul Gandhi and her mother United Progressiv­e Alliance ( UPA) chairperso­n Sonia Gandhi.

Ms Vadra, who got a brand new office at the All India Congress Committee ( AICC) Headquarte­rs here, also according to sources interviewe­d some people for position of National Students’ Union of India ( NSUI) officebear­ers.

Incidental­ly, Ms Vadra

◗ Ms Vadra will occupy the same office as her brother when he was a general secretary

will occupy the same office as Mr Gandhi when he was a general secretary and used to report to his mother. The latest Gandhi family scion to join politics is also expected to go on social media soon and handpick her own team.

On January 23, Ms Vadra was appointed Congress general secretary in- charge of Uttar Pradesh East along with Jyotiradit­ya Scindia who was brought in as General Secretary in- charge of Uttar Pradesh West.

Along with Ms Vadra, Mr Scindia also got a new office at the AICC.

Both of them would attend their first meeting as General Secretarie­s to be chaired by the Congress President on February 7.

On Saturday, there would be another meeting of Congress state chiefs.

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